B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies Aktuelle Einträge in der Datenbank

Delivered Long Beach 24/6/43 Pilot: Carroll Johns in a rough landing; Dow Fd 28/7/43; Assigned: 369BS/306BG [WW-X] Thurleigh 14/8/43; returning from Nantes 23/9/43 with battle damage and low on fuel w/Manny Klette, Co-Pilot: M.D.Reed, Navigator: Gene Madden{inj}, Bombardier: Art Isaac, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Paul Loubet, Radio Operator: Jerome Evenson, Ball Turret Gunner: S.A. Hardy, Waist Gunner: Bill Oliver, Waist Gunner: Harry Maron, Tail Gunner: Chas Fatigati (10RTD-two others inj); crash-landed near RAF Wing, Bucks. Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Salina 3/2/43; Morrison 25/2/43; Assigned: 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 25/3/43; MIA Bremen 17/4/43 Pilot: Warren George, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Warren McGregor (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Bob Malin, Navigator: Andy Simmons, Bombardier: John Parker, Radio Operator: Jim Thornton, Ball Turret Gunner: Don Bevan, Waist Gunner: Chas Randell, Waist Gunner: George McClenan, Tail Gunner: Jack Amery (8POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Wiesens, Germany. MACR 15444. UNMENTIONABLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG [M3- ] Deopham Green 28/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Tom Simpson 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.

Delivered Barksdale 7/2/42; Cheyenne 1/5/42; Orlando 22/6/42; Westover 28/6/42; 367BS/3206BS Wendover 15/8/42; Walla Walla 24/8/42; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Alexandra 12/2/44; Presque Is 4/3/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG [F] Knettishall 6/3/44; Missing in Action Kiel 22/5/44 with Gailard Mergenthaler, Co-pilot: Bernie Cohen, Navigator: Paul Pearson, Bombardier: Bill Hamilton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Knepper, Radio Operator: Don Sprague, Ball turret gunner: George Anshutz, Waist gunner: Bill Ficklen, Waist gunner: John Shartz (9 Prisoner of War); Tail gunner: Bob Hildebrand (Killed in Action); flak KOd #3 & #4, crashed Nettelsee, 11 miles NE of Holstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4956. DEAR MOM.

Delivered Louisville 8/5/45; Syracuse 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Louisville 8/5/45; Syracuse 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 15/11/45.

Delivered MacDill 17/2/42; Sarasota 25/6/42; Westover 28/6/42; originally Assigned 369BS/306BG Wendover 19/7/42; Westover 11/8/42; Sebring 24/9/42; Bolling 12/1/43; with Gene Stalzer force landed Hendricks 29/4/43; with Warren Johnson force landed Chanute Fd, Il 23/3/44; Recl Comp 29/1/46.

Delivered: Cheyenne 21/5/43; Gore 25/5/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned: 412BS/95BG [QW-R] Horham 12/7/43; MIA (18m) Marienburg 9/10/43 Pilot: Ralph Eherts, Co-Pilot: John Burdick, Navigator: John Nelson, Bombardier: Bob Wing, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Grant Allen, Radio Operator: Bill Piispanen, Ball Turret Gunner: Lew Rabinowitz, Waist Gunner: Walter Queen, Waist Gunner: Ralph Bates, Tail Gunner: Jim Anderson (10KIA, seven baled but two chutes on fire, the other perished in the water); Enemy aircraft KOd #2 then another KOd #3 exploded mid air, crashed North Sea, NW of Heligoland; MACR 850. ROGER THE LODGER II.

Delivered Denver 19/8/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-F] Ridgewell 20/9/43; after 6 missions transferred AFSC, 487BG Lavenham; APH & Azon duties at Knettishall /44. AVENGER.

Delivered Long Beach 18/10/43; Walla Walla 11/11/43; 3501 BU Boca Raton 28/11/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/2/46.

Delivered Dallas 27/6/45; Rome 27/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 25/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 30/11/43; crashed on take off for Frankfurt 2/8/44, with Eno Compton, Co-pilot: Art Westrum, Navigator: Randall Toye, Bombardier: Bob Ettlinger, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Halphen, Radio Operator: Dale Hood, Ball turret gunner: John Schuetz, Waist gunner: Marion Shinpaugh, Waist gunner: Fred Douglas, Tail gunner: Ernie Taylor (10 Killed in Service); electrical fire started in cockpit then suddenly dived into ground at Morley Hall Farm, Morley St Peter, near Wymondham, Norfolk, sal 10/2/44. HARD TO GET.

Delivered Long Beach 18/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; with Bob Schimmel force landed Gr Island, Ne, 29/12/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z-T] Deopham Green 12/1/44; crashed on take off 6/2/44, due to heavy load and when attempting to land on return tire blew and undercarriage collapsed, no injuries. Salvaged n/battle damaged 12/2/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Grenier 20/5/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-C] Ridgewell 12/6/44; 40+m Returned to the USA Bradley 18/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/6/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46. FRENCH DRESSING.

Delivered Denver 20/5/43; Dow Fd 8/7/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-C] Gt Ashfield 12/7/43; Missing in Action Sorau 11/4/44 with Jim Mullins, Co-pilot: Mel Mercer, Navigator: Don Peterson, Bombardier: John Heimbueger, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Morris[body washed up Kolberg 18/9/44], Radio Operator: Theo Langley, Ball turret gunner: Fred Brown, Waist gunner: Otto Davis, Waist gunner: Luke Shafer,Tail gunner: Clarry Kessey (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea heading for Sweden with severe damage. Missing Air Crew Report 3819. THOROUGHBRED.

Delivered Denver 16/2/44; 1SAG Langley 4/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-M] Bassingbourn 28/6/44; re-ass AF 30/4/47; 108 BSX Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/48; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Roswell 23/5/43; 3036 BU Yuma 19/6/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 30/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Gt Falls 1/6/43; with Jim Geary force landed Grenier Fd 24/6/43; Wilmington 3/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-F] CAVALIER Thurleigh 9/6/43, bellied in 15/11/43, but repaired; transferred 8WEA Rec. Cheddington 29/2/44; Salvaged n/battle damaged Shipdham, Nfk. 29/5/45.

Delivered Hunter 9/1/45; Grenier 3/2/45; Assigned 749BS/457BG [H] Glatton 14/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. BATTLE BABY.